Ouest, Haiti Newswire (Page 2)

A police officer stand amid the coffins containing the remains of the 17 victims who died in an accident involving a Carnival float, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. The accident occurred early Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 when a singer aboard one of 16 Carnival floats touched a power line and caused the crowd to panic, resulting in a stampede.
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Singer Darinus Daniel, whose stage name is "Fantom," from the Barikad Crew music group, talks with journalists from his hospital bed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. Daniel is recovering after being shocked by high-voltage wires during Tuesday's Carnival parade.
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Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here . The Caribbean is especially vulnerable to rising sea levels brought about by global warming.
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The Haitian government raised the death toll from Tuesday's electrocution of a Carnival float to 18 and said it was exploring measures to prevent future incidents involving overhead high voltage power lines, the Minister of Communications announced on Wednesday. People look at an injured person being carried away after a carnival float hit power lines, on the second day of the annual Carnival celebrations in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince in this February 17, 2015 still image taken from Reuters TV.
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Injured revelers wait outside the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. At least 20 people on a music group's packed Carnival float in the Haitian capital were killed Tuesday when they were electrocuted by a power line, officials said.
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Injured people lie down as they receive treatment at the emergency room of the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early yesterday. The body of a person killed during carnival celebrations is moved at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, yesterday.
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People look at an injured person being carried away after a carnival float hit power lines during carnival celebrations in Port-au-Prince. Carnival festivities throughout Haiti were canceled on Tuesday, local time, after at least 16 people were killed in an accident earlier in the day on the Champ de Mars near downtown Port-au-Prince.
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Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here . The Caribbean is especially vulnerable to rising sea levels brought about by global warming.
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A man takes pictures of the float on which a singer was electrocuted by an overhead power line as the float passed beneath it during a carnival parade in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. A woman walks away from bodies after failing to find a missing family member among them outside the morgue at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015.
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At least 20 people were killed during an accident at a Carnival celebration in Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince, early Tuesday after a man standing on a float was electrocuted by a power line, setting off a mass panic. Dozens were trampled.
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Relatives try to identify the bodies of victims at the morgue in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. At least 16 people were killed and about 40 were injured early Tuesday at a parade in the capital, government officials said.
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VOA News February 17, 2015 6:34 AM PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- At least 18 people were killed and 60 injured early Tuesday in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, when a carnival float hit power lines on the second day of the annual festival, officials said.
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People look at an injured person being carried away in a TV still after a carnival float hit power lines, on the second day of the annual Carnival celebrations in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Feb 17, 2015. -- PHOTO: REUTERS Amateur video of the incident posted on YouTube showed the electric cable catching a popular singer known as Fantom on the float as it passed near the presidential stand packed with spectators.
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Here's another cautionary tale of how scheduling tweets ahead of time can easily backfire, and this one comes courtesy of the U.S. Embassy in Haiti. At least 16 people were killed and another 78 injured early Tuesday morning in Port-Au-Prince at a Carnival parade when a man on top of a float was shocked by high-voltage wires.
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The US embassy in Haiti is apologizing for a tweet wishing locals a "happy carnival," which was posted just as news broke of a tragic accident that claimed the lives of at least 20 carnival attendees . "We also regret that we had posted a celebratory message earlier today on Twitter," said Ambassador Pamela A. White in a statement tweeted by the embassy's official Twitter account.
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In its continuing quest to lead the renaissance of New Jersey breeding, Deo Volente farms announces the homecoming of dual millionaire Lis Mara p,4,1:47.3 , the well remembered champion pacer whose exploits literally built Deo Volente Farms, the 2014 New Jersey Standardbred Breeder of the Year.. In 2006 Lis Mara, who was a stakes winner at age three, burst onto the free-for-all scene, winning $1,042,100.
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In this June 29, 2013 file photo, tourists play pool basketball at the Club Indigo beach resort in Montrouis, Haiti. The country's tourism ministry and a U.S. cable provider have developed TV spots and a Cablevision destination channel dubbed "Haiti: Experience It!" to woo people living in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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